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Re: Coal Car Question
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Apr 2001 04:08:48 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@spamlessUSWEST.NET
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> This isn't really about LEGO, but it is about trains, so here goes:
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> On the trolley home from work tonight, we passed over a train with a long
> series of empty coal cars. Looking down into them, I noticed that they really
> were empty--almost no loose lumps of coal or gravel, despite the irregular
> shape of the container interior. How are these cars emptied? Does part of the
> car--or the whole car--tip to dump its contents?
Could be if it is a rotary dump coal car. I just happened to have posted an MOC
of a rotary dump coal car, namely a BethGon Coalporter:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4164
Did it have half cylinders underneath, or look like the one in the photo? These
cars are cool, and they *cannot* be emptied from below (sealed).
Enjoy your sojourn in .trains:-)
-John
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> Dave!
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